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Demi-official letter book of John Sulivan, representative of the Madras Government...
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- IOR/H/788
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- Demi-official letter book of John Sulivan, representative of the Madras Government at Tanjore.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1783-1785
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(1) pp. 1-248, Demi-official Letter Book of John Sulivan, representative of the Madras Government at Tanjore 1783-84, Affairs of Trichinopoly and Tanjore, the Ramnad and Sivagunga, The Southern Poligars, War with Tipu Sultan. (2) John Sulivan. pp. 1-5, 18-34, 44-8, 83-90, 109-18, 121-9, 131-5, 146-9, 158-72, 177-99, 223-8, to Lord Macartney 6th Jan. 1783 to 3rd Sept. 1784; pp. 5-12, 35-42, 48-57, 75-83, 151-6, to the Madras Select Committee 25th Jan. 1783 to 23rd April 1784; pp. 12, 34-5, to J. Cox Hippisley 6th Feb. and 3rd April 1783; pp. 12-3, to the Raja of Tanjore 6th Feb. 1783; pp. 42-4, to Thomas Palk 11th June 1783; pp. 107-9, 135-6, 145-6, to Col. M. Martinz (Commissioner of the Ramnad) 17th Jan. 1783 to 27th March 1784; pp. 118-20, 129-31, 157, to Robert Andrews (Factor and Commissary's Agent for Tanjore) 15th Feb. to 2nd May 1784; pp. 149-50, to -- Floyer 21st April 1784; pp. 150-1, to Basil Cochrane 21st April 1784; pp. 172-6, to Col. W. Fullarton 25th July 1784; pp. 211-7, Observations on a petition from the Inhabitants of Sivagunga against Paria and China Murdun; p. 219, Identical letters to the Nawab's Kiladars at Palimurrah and Tripavonum 9th Aug. 1784; pp. 220-1, to Mootoo Ramlinga Shaito Putty, Poligar of Ramnad, 9th Aug. 1784. (3) pp. 14-8, J. Cox Hippisley to Sulivan 25th Feb. 1783. (4) Lord Macartney (Governor of Madras). pp. 59, 63-4, 66, 71-2, 91-6, to Sulivan 20th Oct. 1783 to 14th May 1784; pp. 72-3, to Vincat Soubiah 3rd Dec. 1783; p. 96, to the Reddy of Terriore 14th May 1784; p. 101, to Nawas Beg 19th Aug. 1784; pp. 239-48, to the Raja of Tanjore 17th Nov. 1784 to 7th Jan. 1785. (5) pp. 60-3, Thomas Palk to Sulivan 5th Oct. 1783. (6) Vincat Soubiah (Renter of Trichinopoly). p. 64, to Sulivan 27th Sept. 1783; p. 67, to Lord Macartney 18th Oct. 1783. (7) p. 74, W. G. Wasey to Sulivan 18th Dec. 1783. (8) pp. 96-8, J. Huddlestone to Sulivan 8th Aug. 1784. (9) pp. 99-100, Mirza Nawaz to Lord Macartney 29th July 1784. (10) pp. 103-4, Account given by the Canongoe respecting the village of Colpatoor 1784. (11) pp. 136-44, Basil Cochrane (in charge, Nagore District) to J. Sulivan 21st March 1784. (12) pp. 203-7, Report by the Rev. [Christian Frederick] Schwarz of an examination made by himself and Dr. Meine (Chirurgeon of Tanjore) into the causes of death of Mootoo Pillah, former Minister of the Raja of Tanjore (see p. 182). (13) pp. 229-36, Col. William Fullarton to Lord Macartney 16th July 1784. (14) pp. 239-44, John Chamier to Sulivan 26th Dec. 1784 to 7th Jan. 1785.
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- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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- Former volume no.51
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- English
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- 1 volume
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Demi-official letter book of John Sulivan, representative of the Madras Government at Tanjore.